The library, in the 300 block of Beechwood Avenue, was once a gathering spot for Civil War veterans.

Library director Erin Tipping said some people have reported seeing a man at the top of the stairs in a blue outfit.

“Who else would be in something old that looked like a uniform hanging out upstairs?” she said.

Nathaniel Wyrick said he wasn’t a believer, but that all changed when he was waiting to close the library one night and heard loud noises downstairs.

“It essentially sounded like ‘stomp, stomp, stomp,’” he said.

Wyrick went downstairs to investigate, but found no one.

“When I got to the top of the steps, and I heard it again, and I could hear it right there, I flipped out,” he said.

The actors who perform on stage at the music hall also have their own stories.

“You'll hear somebody walking upstairs, up in the balcony,” said James. “We would be rehearsing on stage, and you could see somebody walking in the lobby, just real quick. Nobody was there. Nobody’s ever there.”

A former worker remembered locking up one night and returning the next morning to find a row of books tossed from the shelf.

“As if someone was just walking through and threw them onto the ground,” said Tipping.

In photos: Hauntings abound at Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall

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Inside its bricks and 100-plus years of history, there’s plenty of activity throughout the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, even some that could be considered paranormal in nature.